Across
- 3. Fought by Britain and France over lands in Ohio and Penn, Britain wins and colonies don't need protection anymore, Britain has a lot of war debt
- 5. Money a gov't collects from taxes and other sources
- 7. Limited monarchy's power, cannot collect taxes without Parliament approval, cannot imprison without cause, cannot Quarter troops without permission
- 9. Helped to persuade people to vote for the Constitution
- 11. Committee formed,submitted on June 28th, approved July 4th, 1776
- 13. People for the Federal system and the Constitution
- 14. Taxed paper, tea, paint, and lead
- 15. Taxed sugar and other goods
- 17. of Powers Government systems are divided, the executive, Kings representative, colonial legislature, division of Powers in gov't
- 19. To give approval
- 21. The English political traditions plus the Puritan traditions helped give the colonies the experience necessary to form their own governments
- 24. tossed out Articles of the Confederation, took detailed notes in Constitutional Convention
- 26. Unicameral legislature with equal representation, similar to Articles of Confederation
- 27. Taxed legal documents and paper
- 28. People elect delegates to make law and conduct government, bicameral
- 30. Bicameral legislature, lected executive, court system chosen by the legislature, chosen on population
- 31. Elected delegates
Down
- 1. Virginia and Massachusetts called a general meeting of all the meetings, prohibited trade to Britain
- 2. Southern and Northern states wanted slaves to count toward population and taxation, so slaves were counted as three fifths of a person
- 4. Government is not all powerful
- 6. Passed by Parliament, government does not have absolute authority and rule at the consent of the peoples representatives, can't interfere with Parliamentary elections, right to speedy trial and no cruel or unusual punishment
- 8. Laws
- 10. Bicameral legislature, House of Representatives and a Senate
- 12. Continued the structure of gov't under the Second Continental Congress. ratified by the 13 states in 1781
- 16. Made the first central gov't of the colonies, John Hancock served as President, voted to organize an army and a navy, issue currency, made George President
- 18. number needed to conduct official business, no meetings can be conducted without it
- 20. New territories would become states with an equal footing with the older states, new land outlaws slavery
- 22. Daniel Shay leads farmers in rebellion that closed the courts, tried to take an armory, intercepted and defeated
- 23. Single chambered legislature, states had one representative chosen by state legislature, Congress filled executive positions
- 25. Closed Boston Harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party and removed right to self rule
- 29. "Great Charter," monarchy is no longer absolute, created a representative gov't